OSHA Inspection: PATIN CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Feb 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $13,494 · Current $8,096 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  On or about November 5, 2019, the employer did not train all employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations in excavation, exposing employees to the hazard of cave-in.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $11,566 · Current $6,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person and were not constructed and loaded in accordance with that design.  On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were building makeshift scaffolds to remove form wood from the concrete wall. The scaffold was made of framing and form lumber, such as 2x4s, with no safety factor, no load rating and inadequate planking. Employees were exposed to fall hazards over 9 feet high.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2): Each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide.  On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were building makeshift scaffolds to remove form wood from the concrete wall. Scaffold platforms were seven to nine inches wide without load ratings, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $11,566 · Current $6,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were building makeshift scaffolds to remove form wood from the concrete wall approximately 16 feet high without being inspected by a competent person, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1m) above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in accordance with paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section:  On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were building makeshift scaffolds to remove form wood from the concrete wall approximately 16 feet high without fall protection, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $11,566 · Current $6,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:  Instance 1. On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees walking on the stacked rock cages to form wall of the detention pond approximately 12 feet high without fall protection, exposing employees to a fall hazard.    Instance 2. At the West end of excavation, on or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were removing form wood from the concrete wall under construction while standing on the concrete culvert approximately 9 feet high without fall protection, exposing employees to a fall hazard.  Instance 3. At the South end of excavation, on or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, an employee was removing form wood from the concrete culvert under construction while standing on top of the culvert approximately 12 feet high without fall protection, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(5): Each employee on the face of formwork or reinforcing steel was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8 m) or more to lower levels by personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, or positioning device systems:  Instance 1. On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were removing form wood from the concrete wall under construction up to approximately 16 feet high without fall protection, exposing employees to a fall hazard.  Instance 2. Location: South end of excavation. On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, an employee was removing form wood from the concrete culvert under construction by standing on top approximately 12 feet high without fall protection, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Feb 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,711 · Current $4,627 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  The employer did not provide a training program for all employees exposed to fall hazards. The program shall include training and instruction in the following areas: a)  The recognition and identification of fall hazards in the work area; b)  The use and operation of guardrail systems (including perimeter safety cable systems), personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, fall restraint systems, safety net systems, and other protection to be used; c)  The correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used; d)  The procedures to be followed to prevent falls to lower levels and through or into holes and openings in walking/working surfaces and walls; and e)  The fall protection requirements of this subpart.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $13,494 · Current $8,096 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(b)(2): Maximum allowable slopes, and allowable configurations for sloping and benching systems, was not determined in accordance with the conditions and requirements set forth in Appendices A and B to this subpart.  Instance 1. On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were building the rock wall in the excavation for the North wall of the detention pond. Employees worked within a few feet of the 15 foot high, near vertical, cut in the class B soil without adequate means to prevent soil collapse.  Instance 2. On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were removing form wood from the concrete wall in the excavation on the West end of the detention pond without the use of cave-in protection, exposing employees to being crushed between the concrete form wall and collapsing soil from the 17 foot high, near vertical, cut in the class B soil.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(b)(4)(iii): Design of sloping and benching systems: At least one copy of the design was not maintained at the jobsite while the slope is being constructed and after that time the design was not available to the Secretary:  On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees at the North wall of the pond worked within a few feet of the 15 foot high, near vertical, cut in the class B soil without adequate means to prevent soil collapse. Also, employees at the West end of the pond were exposed to being crushed between the concrete form wall and collapsing soil from the 17 foot high, near vertical, cut in the class B soil. A copy of the design of the sloping and benching system was not available at the time of the Secretary's inspection and was not onsite during the construction. An excavation safety analysis was completed for the construction company on November 18, 2019.

Issued

Jan 27, 2020

Abate by

Jan 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,711 · Current $4,627 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  On or about November 5, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were removing form wood from the concrete wall under construction by using a job built ladder to access the top of a culvert without the ladder side rails extending 3 feet above the upper landing, exposing employees to a fall hazard.